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I'm so glad I went to school before laptops existed.
I'm so glad I did my finals in 2020 when my college was completely unprepared for the sudden switch to online. I was able to open book my whole last load of classes.
Seriously school sounds like it fucking SUCKS now. School sucked when I was in high school but it seems like it REALLY sucks now
Computer classes were AWESOME when we’re on Windows XP and they just taught basic computer skills and typing. I had a war for the desktop background with a kid from another class. They always switched it to something they wanted, but it was MY station, dangit!
…so I edited the registry to remove the background tab from display settings. I WIN!
Hey I had that when I was a kid! Did they just stop teaching computer literacy to kids at some point?
This country doesn't want to pay teachers so it's using technology to fill the gap. It's not being used to enhance the education. It's being used to keep costs low. It's like using a self checkout camera. Sure, some people will still steal stuff. You're not actually trying to prevent all of that. You're just trying to lower that amount of theft so it's less than hiring a cashier. The teachers suffer and the students suffer for it.
But this country is also not interested in having well educated people capable of critical thinking. I believe I'm paraphrasing Carlin now. But it just wants obedient workers.
Imagine high school with social media and deepfakes. I couldn’t be happier to have missed out on that.
It's amusing to me because back in 2006 when I went to college, I was the only person in class taking notes on my dinky 10" notebook laptop and I loved not having to carry around ridiculous amounts of bulky folders and paper. Nowadays, I have a 2-in-1 laptop and use a stylus to take notes instead!
I also have one, and it's cool. But, but! Have you tried a fountain pen? I mean, I may be weird, but it's kind of cool. But I really, really should invest into some better paper. Regular paper seems OK, but something better... would be... better.
Though I did have some luck with certain cheap notebooks from Papírny Brno. The ones that have smoother, white paper. Not the darker, coarse, recycled stuff.
And that's even with that cheap paper (though most paper won't show any sheen at all). Better paper would likely show more sheening, especially in combination with wetter pen, but I don't know where to get it.
Although... the Skull & Roses dries a bit too quickly. If you stop writing for a bit, it dries in a few seconds in the nib, and won't write anymore.
Another issue is that the ink can be a bit distracting. I like to watch it dry, I like to write with it, I like to look at the sheen which makes me angle it under light to see it better. So I just end up scribbling something, and look at it, and my mind is gone.
Unfortunately we do most stuff on computers, so I don't get to write much.
This is for you, just for geeking out about ink and paper ❤️ have some Lemmy Gold 🪙
But yeah, I remember writing with fountain pens when I was at school, but I was awful with them.
I did get the hang of it after a point, though, and the writing was always beautiful when I got it working.
I may have to invest. It'll give me an excuse to write some handwritten letters to friends and family ❤️